Veterans+Stadium,+Philadelphia,+PA


 * Philadelphia Veterans Stadium** (informally called **"The Vet"**) was a professional-sports, multi-purpose stadium, located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The listed seating capacities, in 1971, were 62,000 seats, for football and 56,371, for baseball.

It housed the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, from 1971 to 2002 and the National League's Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, from 1971 to 2003. The 1976 and 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Games were held at the venue. The Vet also hosted the annual Army-Navy football game seventeen times, first in 1976 and last in 2001.

In addition to professional baseball and football, the stadium hosted other amateur and professional sports, large entertainment events and other civic affairs. //Source: Wikipedia//

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